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You will have to use commercial software that works with Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you need to use it from 6 April 2026 or 6 April 2027.
If you have an agent, talk to them about your choice of software before you decide.
You should also check with the software provider that your chosen product suits your needs.
If you are volunteering to help us test the service, ask your software provider if their software will work with Making Tax Digital for Income Tax during either the 2024 to 2025 tax year, or the 2025 to 2026 tax year.
As the testing phase progresses, more software products will become available.
How software will help you
Your chosen software will help you to:
create, store and correct digital records of your business income and expenses
send quarterly updates
submit your tax return by 31 January after the end of the tax year (this will also include any other sources of income or gains that you need to declare)
receive information, such as your tax estimates, from HMRC
You can choose to use either:
a single software product that meets all your needs
more than one software product, that when used together will meet all your needs
How to choose the right software
When choosing software, you should think about your specific needs, for example, whether you want to keep using your record-keeping software.
Software that creates digital records
Some compatible software lets you create digital records of your business income and expenses.
You might do this by:
manually entering the records into the software
connecting the software to an online business bank account, or data capture software
The compatible software can then create digital records, using the information you provide. You should always check that the digital records are accurate.
These types of software may also allow you to send quarterly updates and submit your tax returns to HMRC.
Software that connects to your records
If you decide to keep using your current spreadsheets or accounting software, you can connect them to software that works with Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
This is known as bridging software.
Submissions to HMRC
When you are using Making Tax Digital for Income Tax, you will need to make two types of submission to HMRC:
send quarterly updates
submit your tax return
Some software can submit both, but other products will only do one so it’s important to check first.
For example, you might create your own digital records and send your quarterly updates but still want your agent to submit your tax return. This means you would only need software that sends quarterly updates.
The list of available software sets out the submissions that will be possible for each software product, during the 2025 to 2026 tax year.
If you have an agent, talk to them about your choice of software before you decide.
Income sources
You will need to use software for your business income sources. This means income from:
self-employment
UK property
foreign property
Some software will be able to report all business income sources, whilst others may focus on a specific source. For example, there are products that are designed specifically for landlords.
You may also need to report personal income sources, such as income from savings or dividends.
For the remainder of the 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 tax years, it will not be possible to use your HMRC online services account to submit your personal income sources.
You should make sure your software can report all business and personal income sources.
If you want to use an accounting period that runs from 1 April to 31 March, you’ll need to choose software that supports calendar update periods. You should check with the software provider if their product supports calendar update periods.
Software available now
There are other software products in development for the 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 tax years.
All software listed on this page has been through HMRC’s recognition process. HMRC does not endorse or recommend any one product or software provider.
The software currently available for tax year 2024 to 2025 includes:
A large selection of software providers are building software that works with Making Tax Digital for Income Tax. They can be contacted for information about the features and services they plan to offer. These providers are:
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The details for one software supplier has been added to the 'software available now' section. One software supplier has been removed from the 'software in development' section.
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2 software supplier's have been added and 1 updated in the ‘software available now’ section. 2 software supplier's have been removed from the 'software in development' section.
15 January 2025
Guidance updated to include information about submissions in 2025 to 2026 and which products offer this for quarterly updates, Self Assessment tax returns, or both. Further guidance also added to support users to choose the software that best meets their needs.
17 December 2024
A software supplier's details have been added in the 'software in development' section.
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Information on what your software should be capable of doing has been updated. A software supplier has been added to the list of software available now and software supplier's details have been removed from the list of software in development.
10 April 2024
A Welsh version of this page has been added.
9 April 2024
Information about what software to use has been updated.
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Information on what software to use and how to choose software has been updated. Software available now and software in development has been updated.
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A software supplier's details have been added in the 'software in development' section.
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A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘software in development’ section.
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A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘software in development’ section.
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A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘software available now’ section.
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A software supplier's details have been updated in the ‘software available now’ section.
9 November 2022
A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘software in development’ section.
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27 October 2022
A software supplier's details have been updated in the ‘software available now’ section.
7 September 2022
A software supplier's details have been updated in the ‘software available now’ section.
6 September 2022
A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘software available now’ section.
8 August 2022
A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘software available now’ section.
2 August 2022
Two software supplier's details have been added to the 'Software available now' and 'Software in development' sections.
22 July 2022
Information about contacting developers directly for more information about joining the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment pilot and using their products and services has been updated.
15 July 2022
A software supplier's details have been added to ‘Software in development’. One supplier has been moved from 'Software in development' to 'Software available now'.
29 June 2022
A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘Software in development’ section.
27 June 2022
APARI Software Ltd is now APARI. Information about who can use APARI has been updated.
7 June 2022
A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘software in development’ section.
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A software supplier's details have been added to the ‘software in development’ section.
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A software supplier's details has been added to the ‘software in development’ section.
25 February 2022
New software in development has been added to the page, detailing developers and products currently in the process of gaining HMRC recognition.
7 October 2021
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23 September 2021
We have added information on what software compatible with Making Tax Digital for Income tax does.
28 July 2021
A software supplier's details have been updated.
4 March 2021
A software supplier's details has been added to the ‘software in development’ section.
8 January 2021
A software supplier's details have been added to the 'software available now' section.
22 October 2020
A software supplier's details have been removed from the ‘Software in Development’ section.
13 October 2020
2 new software supplier details have been added to the ‘Software in Development’ section.
15 April 2020
Information about who can use APARI Software Ltd and the features for Cirrostratus Exedra Ltd have been updated.
9 April 2020
Landlord Vision has been added to the software packages list.
13 February 2020
APARI Software Ltd and Rhino features have been updated.
27 January 2020
Cirrostratus Exedra Ltd has been added to 'software available now'.
15 January 2020
APARI Software Ltd features have been updated.
18 December 2019
APARI Software Ltd has been added to 'software available now' and Cirrostratus Exedra Ltd added to 'software in development'.
8 August 2019
APARI Software Ltd added to 'software in development'.
6 March 2019
The compatible software list has been updated, 9 added and 3 changes.